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Synonyms for deer

  • noun

Most common

cervid cervine hart doe roe mule deer reindeer stag

All synonyms

Noun

1. True deer — A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals…

true deer, cervid, cervine

Other

doe, animal, reindeer, stag, roe, mule deer, hart, fallow deer, hind, red deer

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer. Such a mammal that is in the family Cervidae.

Related words

Word family
deerberry deerburger deerdom deerflesh deerhood deerhound deerish deerlike
Phrases
deer fly fever red deer roe deer axis deer deer fly deer meat true deer barking deer
Is a kind of
ungulate mammal vertebrate animal organism

Example sentences

  • cervid Is the moose the largest cervid in the world?
  • hart Nephthali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
  • doe "John Doe" is a nickname for an anonymous person.
  • roe The picture shows a roe deer fleeing into the woods.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
deersteady
cervidrising
cervinesteady
hartsteady
doefalling
roesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
doe1, roe1
4 letters
hart1, hind1, stag1
6 letters
animal3, cervid
7 letters
cervine
8 letters
reindeer2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (animal3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
cerf
Deutsch
Hirsch
Català
cérvol